Course Syllabus

Course Information

LIT 2341 06A: Literary Analysis

M, W 1-5pm
1st 6-week Session

Professor Contact Information

Elizabeth Coker
Office: JO 4.114
Office Hours: MW 12:15-12:45pm and by appointment
emc011300@utdallas.edu

Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions

Pre-requisite: Rhetoric 1302

Course Description

This class will act as a literary boot camp to initiate the student into scholarly modes
of thinking/ talking/ writing about literature. As such, this class will present an intensive
study of the four primary modes of literature: short fiction, poetry, drama, and the novel.

Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes

Students will write daily short response essays to assigned readings and will culminate
their scholarship with a final 8-12 page scholarly essay.

Required Textbooks and Materials

The Norton Anthology of Western Literature Volume 2, eighth edition

Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction, by Jonathan Culler
To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf

Suggested Course Materials

In addition to the texts listed above, students will be expected to consult a style manual
(such as the handbooks used in Rhetoric or other composition classes) of their choosing
for MLA documentation. For accuracy's sake, the handbook must be less than 5 years
old.

Assignments & Academic Calendar

Date In-class discussions and happenings

Monday 05/15 Introduction to course, syllabus
In-class writing sample
Library Session, 3pm
Wednesday 05/17 Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (whole book)
Fontaine
Monday 05/22 Choose one author from Revolutionary Moments section for
response
English Romantic Lyrics: A Selection (all)
Pushkin, Queen of Spades
Wednesday 05/24 Whitman, Melville, Dickinson
Monday 05/29 No Class-- Memorial Day
Wednesday 05/31 Choose one author from Revolutionary Principles section for
response
Ibsen, Chekhov
Monday 06/05 Choose one author from Perspectives on European Empire
section for response
Conrad, Yeats
FINAL PAPER PROPOSAL DUE
Wednesday 06/07 Proust, Eliot
Monday 06/12 Choose one author from Civilization on Trial section for
response
To the Lighthouse part one
ROUGH DRAFT DUE BY MIDNIGHT 06/11 (EMAIL)
Date In-class discussions and happenings
Wednesday 06/14 To the Lighthouse parts two and three
Monday 06/19 Borges, Neruda, Lessing, Calvino
Wednesday 06/21 FINAL PROJECT DUE IN OFFICE DOOR BY 9PM

Grading Policy

Attendance & Participation = 20%

Daily Response Papers = 30%
Final Essay Rough Draft = 20%
Final Essay Final Draft = 30%

Course & Instructor Policies

Attendance and Participation (20%)

As class participation is a major component of your grade, I expect you to read the texts
thoroughly and come to class prepared to pose academically oriented questions,
responses, etc. Additionally, I expect you to treat the material and your classmates'
comments seriously and respond accordingly. In other words, the participation grade is
based on your ability to collaborate with your peers and contribute to the discussion, not
merely how much you can talk.

This is a very short semester, so attendance is absolutely crucial to your success. I

encourage you to come to every single class meeting; otherwise, you will miss a great deal
of information and material you need to succeed in this course. Therefore there are no
excused absences. Each absence will deduct 4% off of your final letter grade for the
semester. If you know in advance that you will be unable to come to class at any point
during the semester, please visit me during my office hours (or by appointment) as early
as possible to discuss extra credit/ make-up work options.

Daily Response Papers (30%)

Every day I expect you to come to class fully prepared to discuss that day's readings. To
this end, I am assigning daily response papers for each author listed on the syllabus. Note
that I do not expect an individual response for each work read, just each author. In
addition to the assigned authors, each Monday (except for the last day) I also expect you
to select one author from a given section to read and respond. I expect thoughtful,
scholarly, analytical responses to the literature, not merely a summary or I liked it/ I
didn't like it opinion.

These responses should be run from half to one page per author, single spaced. They will
be graded on a full credit/ three-quarters credit/ half-credit/ no credit (i.e. no work turned
in) system. These must be typed, proofread, and turned in at the beginning of class.
Email submissions sent BEFORE class time are acceptable.

Final Essay 50% total (Rough Draft 20%, Final Draft 30%)

The final essay for the course is an 8-12 page scholarly paper broken down into writing
stages.

Rough Draft: This is not an outline, or a rough sketch of ideas, but a complete draft.
Ideally, it should have a strong introduction/ thesis, a good beginning bibliography, and
the bulk of the body of the work, plus some semblance of a working conclusion. This
draft will be reviewed by both your peers and myself. Minimum of 6 pages.

Final Draft: I expect this to be a more complete, polished, and refined version of the
rough draft. It should be a re-vision-ing of your original writing, not merely a quick
grammar fix. This is due on the last day of class, so only I will be reading it. If you want
your copy back (with my comments), you must turn in a SASE along with your paper.
Otherwise, I will not be responsible for returning it to you.

Student Conduct & Discipline

The University of Texas System and The University of Texas at Dallas have rules
and regulations for the orderly and efficient conduct of their business. It is the
responsibility of each student and each student organization to be knowledgeable
about the rules and regulations which govern student conduct and activities.
General information on student conduct and discipline is contained in the UTD
publication, A to Z Guide, which is provided to all registered students each
academic year.

The University of Texas at Dallas administers student discipline within the

procedures of recognized and established due process. Procedures are defined
and described in the Rules and Regulations, Board of Regents, The University of
Texas System, Part 1, Chapter VI, Section 3, and in Title V, Rules on Student
Services and Activities of the university s Handbook of Operating Procedures.
Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the
Dean of Students, where staff members are available to assist students in
interpreting the rules and regulations (SU 1.602, 972/883-6391).

A student at the university neither loses the rights nor escapes the responsibilities
 of citizenship. He or she is expected to obey federal, state, and local laws as well
as the Regents Rules, university regulations, and administrative rules. Students
are subject to discipline for violating the standards of conduct whether such
conduct takes place on or off campus, or whether civil or criminal penalties are
also imposed for such conduct.

Academic Integrity

The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic
honesty. Because the value of an academic degree depends upon the absolute
integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it is imperative that a
student demonstrate a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic
work.

Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions
related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the
submission as one s own work or material that is not one s own. As a general
rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating,
plagiarism, collusion and/or falsifying academic records. Students suspected of
academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary proceedings.

Plagiarism, especially from the web, from portions of papers for other classes, and
from any other source is unacceptable and will be dealt with under the
university s policy on plagiarism (see general catalog for details). This course
will use the resources of turnitin.com, which searches the web for possible
plagiarism and is over 90% effective.

Email Use
The University of Texas at Dallas recognizes the value and efficiency of
communication between faculty/staff and students through electronic mail. At the
same time, email raises some issues concerning security and the identity of each
individual in an email exchange. The university encourages all official student
email correspondence be sent only to a student s U.T. Dallas email address and
that faculty and staff consider email from students official only if it originates from
a UTD student account. This allows the university to maintain a high degree of
confidence in the identity of all individual corresponding and the security of the
transmitted information. UTD furnishes each student with a free email account
that is to be used in all communication with university personnel. The Department
of Information Resources at U.T. Dallas provides a method for students to have
their U.T. Dallas mail forwarded to other accounts.
Withdrawal from Class

The administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any
college-level courses. These dates and times are published in that semester's
 course catalog. Administration procedures must be followed. It is the student's
responsibility to handle withdrawal requirements from any class. In other words, I
cannot drop or withdraw any student. You must do the proper paperwork to
ensure that you will not receive a final grade of "F" in a course if you choose not
to attend the class once you are enrolled.

Student Grievance Procedures

Procedures for student grievances are found in Title V, Rules on Student Services
and Activities, of the university s Handbook of Operating Procedures.

In attempting to resolve any student grievance regarding grades, evaluations, or

other fulfillments of academic responsibility, it is the obligation of the student first
to make a serious effort to resolve the matter with the instructor, supervisor,
administrator, or committee with whom the grievance originates (hereafter called
the responden ). Individual faculty members retain primary responsibility for
assigning grades and evaluations. If the matter cannot be resolved at that level, the
grievance must be submitted in writing to the respondent with a copy of the
respondent s School Dean. If the matter is not resolved by the written response
provided by the respondent, the student may submit a written appeal to the
School Dean. If the grievance is not resolved by the School Dean s decision, the
student may make a written appeal to the Dean of Graduate or Undergraduate
Education, and the deal will appoint and convene an Academic Appeals Panel.
The decision of the Academic Appeals Panel is final. The results of the academic
appeals process will be distributed to all involved parties.

Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the
Dean of Students, where staff members are available to assist students in
interpreting the rules and regulations.

Incomplete Grade Policy

As per university policy, incomplete grades will be granted only for work
unavoidably missed at the semester s end and only if 70% of the course work has
been completed. An incomplete grade must be resolved within eight (8) weeks
from the first day of the subsequent long semester. If the required work to
complete the course and to remove the incomplete grade is not submitted by the
specified deadline, the incomplete grade is changed automatically to a grade of F.

Disability Services

The goal of Disability Services is to provide students with disabilities educational

opportunities equal to those of their non-disabled peers. Disability Services is
located in room 1.610 in the Student Union. Office hours are Monday and
 Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.;
and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The contact information for the Office of Disability Services is:

The University of Texas at Dallas, SU 22
PO Box 830688
Richardson, Texas 75083-0688
(972) 883-2098 (voice or TTY)

Essentially, the law requires that colleges and universities make those reasonable
adjustments necessary to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability. For
example, it may be necessary to remove classroom prohibitions against tape
recorders or animals (in the case of dog guides) for students who are blind.
Occasionally an assignment requirement may be substituted (for example, a
research paper versus an oral presentation for a student who is hearing impaired).
Classes enrolled students with mobility impairments may have to be rescheduled
in accessible facilities. The college or university may need to provide special
services such as registration, note-taking, or mobility assistance.

It is the student s responsibility to notify his or her professors of the need for
such an accommodation. Disability Services provides students with letters to
present to faculty members to verify that the student has a disability and needs
accommodations. Individuals requiring special accommodation should contact
the professor after class or during office hours.

Religious Holy Days

The University of Texas at Dallas will excuse a student from class or other
required activities for the travel to and observance of a religious holy day for a
religion whose places of worship are exempt from property tax under Section
11.20, Tax Code, Texas Code Annotated.

The student is encouraged to notify the instructor or activity sponsor as soon as

possible regarding the absence, preferably in advance of the assignment. The
student, so excused, will be allowed to take the exam or complete the assignment
within a reasonable time after the absence: a period equal to the length of the
absence, up to a maximum of one week. A student who notifies the instructor and
completes any missed exam or assignment may not be penalized for the absence.
A student who fails to complete the exam or assignment within the prescribed
period may receive a failing grade for that exam or assignment.

If a student or an instructor disagrees about the nature of the absence [i.e., for the
purpose of observing a religious holy day] or if there is similar disagreement about
whether the student has been given a reasonable time to complete any missed
assignments or examinations, either the student or the instructor may request a
ruling from the chief executive officer of the institution, or his or her designee. The
 chief executive officer or designee must take into account the legislative intent of
TEC 51.911(b), and the student and instructor will abide by the decision of the
chief executive officer or designee.
Off-Campus Instruction and Course Activities
Off-campus, out-of-state, and foreign instruction and activities are subject to state
law and University policies and procedures regarding travel and risk-related
activities. Information regarding these rules and regulations may be found at the
website address given below. Additional information is available from the office
of the school dean. (http://www.utdallas.edu/Business
Affairs/Travel_Risk_Activities.htm)

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the
Professor.